EPFL roboticists have shown that when a modular robot shares power, sensing, and communication resources among its individual units, it is significantly more resistant to failure than traditional ...

It's now actually not that unusual to see quadruped robots that have powered wheels for feet, allowing them to either walk or roll as the situation dictates. The modular D1 is different, though, in ...

The race to build humanoid robots is moving beyond secretive corporate labs and into ...

We met up with Fredrick Layton from Carnegie Mellon University and talked to him about their modular snake robot. We met up with Fredrick Layton from Carnegie Mellon University and talked to him about ...

Four months after impressing us with its talented Oli humanoid robot, the three-year-old tech startup has just unveiled Tron 2, which, as its name cleverly suggests, is the follow-up to Tron 1. Going ...

The British Army is expected to begin testing the new Rhino modular ground robot, expanding its efforts to incorporate autonomous and unmanned systems into modern military operations.

Self-reconfigurable modular robotics systems comprise autonomous modules that can dock, undock and rearrange to form varied morphologies tailored to specific tasks and environments. Inspired by ...

Multifunctional fluidic units generate coordinated motion and sensing in soft robots by combining actuation, switching, and oscillation in one module, reducing reliance on electronic control.

The US has awarded an Australian defense firm to deliver advanced robot dogs and ...

What is it about a cheetah's build that enables it to run so fast? What gives the wolf its exceptional endurance? While these questions can be partly answered through animal experiments, many ...

The Yarbo Core is not a cheap appliance, but it is a very capable and powerful garden robot you can use for several outdoor tasks. Its snow blower attachment works great, and both Yarbo’s hardware and ...

Researchers at Princeton University have built a swarm of interconnected mini-robots that “bloom” like flowers in response to changing light levels in an office. According to their new paper published ...